A cloud that the radar showed hanging directly over Kingfisher poured .75 inch of needed moisture on Kingfisher Monday afternoon.

High winds accompanied the torrential rains that left unofficial reports of up to two inches inside Kingfisher Proper.

The Mesonet site immediately west of Kingfi sher on the Mueggenborg farm recorded only .56 inch. High winds also knocked out the OG&E electrical feed that powers Kingfisher’s distribution system, causing a blackout that extended from about 3 p.m. to just before 5 p.m. when the city was able to switch to a feed from Western Farmers, City Manager Dave Slezickey said. Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis recorded the .75 inch reading at the National Weather Center site on South Fifth Street in Kingfisher. There also were unoffi cial reports of 1.5 inches of rain at Watonga, 26 miles west of Kingfisher, and a Mesonet report of 1.05 inches at Putnam, further west. Mike Reid reported only a trace at the Mike and Donna Reid residence, southwest of Kingfisher. Times and Free Press staff member Twila Adams reported no rain at her residence five miles east of Kingfisher. Tom Arms, west of Kingfisher, also reported no rain, as did Rick and Robin Johnston, northwest of Dover.

Okarche also missed out on the rain, according to workers in the town. Heaviest official amounts of rain fell along a line on the west side of the Arkansas-Oklahoma border. Jay recorded 1.57 inches, Webbers Falls 2.03 inches, Wister 2.19 inches and Mt. Herman 1.96 inches.

There were reports of wind damage in Kingfi sher, including a newly erected storage building that blew away at the Lincoln Mulherin residence.

A number of tree limbs were blown down in areas where the heaviest winds occurred.

Additionally, the wind whipped leaves from trees and scattered other debris in some areas. The storm was by no means a drought-buster, but it provided a respite – however brief – from the relentless August sun and blistering string of 100-plus degree days.

Oklahoma’s August outlooks from the Climate Prediction Center call for increased odds of above normal temperatures across the entire state and below normal precipitation.